List of Physical Constants

Symbol Description Relative Uncertainty
$ {\mathrm{c}_0}$ Vacuum speed of light                     $ {\mathrm{c}_0}{=}{299  792  458  \mathrm{m  s^{-1}}}$ per definitionem [1]
$ {\mu_0}$ Vacuum permeability constant $ {\mu_0}{=}{4\pi\times10^{-7}}{\mathrm{H  m^{-1}}} {=}{12.56637...{\times}10^{-7}  \mathrm{H  m^{-1}}}$ per definitionem [1]        
$ {\varepsilon_0}$ Vacuum permittivity constant $ {\varepsilon_0}
{=}{\frac{1}{{\mu_0}  {{\mathrm{c}_0}}^2}}
{=}{8.854187817...{\times}10^{-12}  \mathrm{F  m^{-1}}}$ per definitionem [1]        
$ {h}$ PLANCK's constant                      $ {h}{=}{6.6260693{\times}10^{-34}  \mathrm{J  s}}$ $ 1.7\times10^{-7}$  [1]
$ {k_{\mathrm{B}}}$ BOLTZMANN's constant             $ {k_{\mathrm{B}}}{=}
{1.3806503\! \times\! 10^{-23}  \mathrm{J/K}}$ $ 1.8\times10^{-6}$  [1]
$ {\mathrm{N}_{\mathrm{L}}}$ LOSCHMIDT's number or AVOGADRO's constant $ {\mathrm{N}_{\mathrm{L}}}{=}{6.0221415{\times}10^{23}  \mathrm{mol^{-1}}}$ $ 1.7\times10^{-7}$  [1]
$ q$ Elementary charge of an electron         $ q {=}1.60217653 \times10^{-19} C$ $ 8.5\times10^{-8}$  [1]
$ {\mathrm{R}}$ Universal gas constant             $ {\mathrm{R}}{=}
{\mathrm{N}_{\mathrm{L}}}{k_{\mathrm{B}}}{=}{8.314472  \mathrm{J  K^{-1}  mol^{-1}}}$ $ 1.7\times10^{-6}$  [1]
$ {\sigma_{\mathrm{SB}}}$ STEFAN-BOLTZMANN's constant $ {\sigma_{\mathrm{SB}}}
{=}{\frac{2\pi^5{{k_{\mathrm{B}}}}^4}{15{{h}}^3{\mathrm{c}_0}}}{=}{5.6704{\times}10^{-8}  \mathrm{W  m^{-2}  K^{-4}}}$ $ 7.0\times10^{-6}$  [1]


Stefan Holzer 2007-11-19